Bath-cabinet.



J. M. JOHNSON.

BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION TILED 11110527, 1913.

1,093,055. Patehted Apr. 14, 1914.

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JAMES M. JOHNSON, OF RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN.

BATH-CABINET.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rice Lake, in the county of Barron and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath- Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cabinets for administering steam or hot air baths to atients; and it consists of a foldable bath cabinet or chamber adapted to be arranged over a mattress or other similar support for the patient, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a bath cabinet constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the cabinet, taken on the line 0am in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal view of the frame; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the frame. Fig. 5 is a detail.

A mattress 2 or other similar support for the patient is provided, and is placed on any approved bedstead or stand 3, and is preferably covered with a sheet 4 of waterproof material. A base frame 5 formed of angle-shaped barssecured together in the form of a rectangle, is provided, and is placed on the mattress or on the stand around the mattress. Arch-shaped end pieces (3 are pivoted to the end portions of the base frame 5 by pins 7, and are foldable inwardly and downwardly onto the base fraute. These end pieces 6 have stops 8 which prevent them from folding outwardly, and 9 is a stretcher bar having pins 11 which engage with holes 10 in the tops of the end pieces and hold them in position when vertical. An intermediate arch-shaped support 12 is provided, and has hook-shaped ends lat which are sprung into engagement with slots 15 in the vertical portions of the side bars of the base frame. More than one intermediate support 12 can be provided, if desired.

A. canopy or cover 16 of flexible water proof material is arranged over the archshaped supports of the frame, and it has an opening 18 at one end to fit around the neck of the patient. The patient is extended Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 27, 1913.

Patented Apr. 1st, 1914:.

Serial No. 808,971.

on the mattress with his body under the canopy and his head projecting at one end. One vertical portion of one end bar 17 is flattened or bent over so as not to form a projection under the neck or shoulders of the patient.

A pipe connection 20* is secured to the canopy 16, and a heating apparatus 21 is provided and is coupled to the connection 20 by a pipe 22. The heating apparatus may advantageously consist of a small boiler 24 and a spirit lamp 25 arranged on the floor adjacent to the bedstead, but any other heating apparatus for supplying steam or hot air may be used.

The frame can be folded up when not in use, and can be moved from one room to an other as required, and can be applied to any bedstead.

What I claim is:

1. In a bath cabinet, the combination, with a support for the patient, of a base frame,

foldable arch-shaped supports having their ends pivoted to the end portions of the base frame and provided with stops which prevent them from folding outwardly, a stretcher engaging with the tops of the supports and holding them in a vertical position, a canopy of flexible material arranged over the arch-shaped supports and the stretcher, and a pipe connection for the supply of steam or hot air to the canopy.

2. In a bath cabinet, the combination, with a support for the patient, of a base frame, foldable arch-shaped supports having their ends pivoted to the end portions of the base frame and provided with stops which prevent them from folding outwardly, a stretcher engaging with the tops of the ports and holding them in a vertical position, an intermediate arch-shaped support having its end portions sprung into engagement with the side bars of the base frame, a canopy of flexible material arranged over the arch-shaped supports and the stretcher, and a pipe connection for the supply of steam or hotair to the canopy.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. JOHNSON.

lVit-nesses G. W. TURTON, R. M. l VI'IITAKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

